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Start of school year, September 2014


Meeting slides

Department organization -- fall term calendar with skip days, grading deadlines, dept meeting, etc.

Contract for start of school year / first day of school -- Student expectation sheet (+/- distinction, behavior, etc.)

Biweekly grading worksheet -- 100 pt. grid for tracking daily participation, homework, assessments

Letter for new day/boarding students -- supply list, contact information, homework link, etc.

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Monday, March 31 2014 meeting


Updates from winter term

Looking to spring term

  • Calligrams - creative project for April's poetry celebration, maybe a display for Poetry Walk on Grandparents' Day May 7

  • Cool Cubes - watch video about game we have to share within department, Ali has used this with her classes

  • TPRS sample classes - watch recent video as Blaine Ray teaches

  • TPRS student expectations - explains grading for storytelling bi-weekly

  • TPRS bi-weekly grading - grid for class participation, homework, and assessment

Housekeeping



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October 8, 2013 -- iPad resources

All links will bring you to iTunes description.

Possible Apps:


LATIN
Virgil out Loud - free - reading aloud from literature
Pocket Latin Lite - free - latin/english dictionary

SPANISH
Spanish dictionary - free - spanish/english dictionary
Dominoes HD - free - play game


SPANISH/FRENCH/LATIN
Scrabble - free - play in French and Spanish
Flashcards (NKO ventures) - free - make flashcards
Flipboard - free - organize current events from various media
StoryRobe - $1.99 - take photos and create story with voice recording
Verb conjugators - free or $.99 - verb conjugation charts

Possible iBooks:


check FACULTY iPad in library for some samples
Prices vary, though possible to download samples

LATIN
Latin for Beginners
Latin Translation
Latin Grammar
Latin Literature

SPANISH
I can read series - beginner English/Spanish with recording
First Spanish Reader - advanced beginner English/Spanish reader
Latin American Folktakes - English reader

FRENCH
I can read series - beginner English/French with recording
White Flag Publishers - advanced beginner French reader with recording
French Impressionists - English reader about French art history

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Start of school year, September 2013


Department organization -- fall term calendar with skip days, grading deadlines, dept meeting, etc.

Items to share:

Contract for start of school year / first day of school -- Student expectation sheet (+/- distinction, behavior, etc.)

Biweekly grading worksheet -- 100 pt. grid for tracking daily participation, homework, assessments

Letter for new day/boarding students -- supply list, contact information, homework link, etc.

Lesson plans -- This is a sharing area for those of use collaborating with the same levels. GD will be posting lesson plans for FRI and for TPRS lessons.

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Monday, March 25 2013 meeting

French class updates from winter term

Housekeeping

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Monday, November 26th 2012 meeting notes


French class updates --